Locality:
United States, Colorado, Mesa, Along Mesa county rd 4.1on E bank of Dolores R., 2mi. 272° W of true N from Palisade summit
38.71054 -109.0088 WGS84
Elevation:
1390 meters Verbatim Elevation:
4560 ft.
Habitat:
On floodplain from river edge into Populus fremontii grove on adjacent flats; with Salix exigua thicket bordering river with Rhus trilobata, Forestiera pubescens, Artemisia tridentata; rhizomatous perennial just beginning to bloom;mutiple stems to 2 ft. tall, branched above; flowers deep pink; abundant and widespread in riparian zone.
Substrate:
Quaternary alluvial fill derived from Cutler Formation